Osaka Ben by Hori Benny » Art & Artists アート http://www.benher.org/blog The occasionally bilingual journal Ben Her (Hori Benny), the professional Ex-Pat Tattoo Artist trained and apprenticed in Osaka, Japan Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:56:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 A pint sized art project http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/12/15/a-pint-sized-art-project/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/12/15/a-pint-sized-art-project/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:32:44 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1285 Continue reading →]]> A pint sized brain

HELL CITYのダーブ・モリソンに参加させて頂いたアートプロジェクト：PINT SIZED PAINTINGS(簡単というとめっちゃミニな絵)いろんな彫師が二つのチビキャンバスに絵を描くコラボ展示、シンプルな楽しそうコンセプトや！そのギャラリーが世界のビッグなタトゥーコンベンションに廻るらしいんで生で見るチャンスはまぁまぁ高いでぇ。キャンバスのサイズは約50mm x 75mmなんで毛一本の筆やないと無理かも。虫眼鏡準備完了！
Durb Morrison of Hell City was kind enough to invite me to participate in the Pint Sized Paintings art project (Vol. II) Unfortunately I won’t make Vol. I which is travelling around the world to various conventions etc. (Including Hell City in 2010 no doubt) The project is simple – 2 canvases approximately 50mm x 75mm. Hope I have some single hair brushes lying around for this one.

以下の画像をみたら絵がどんだけちっちゃいって分かるかも：
Behold, some ill-gotten images to give you a sense of scale:

A pint sized flyer

Pint sized paintings tiny!

Pint sized paintings

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/12/15/a-pint-sized-art-project/feed/ 0 Updated the ol’ tattoo gallery http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:03 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1172 Continue reading →]]> 今日、久々に新しいタトゥー写真をアップした。いつも遅くて御免なぁぁぁさい！よかったらチェックしてください。
Updated the ol’ tattin’ gallery today. Sorry to be so slow on the draw. Check it out!

ダウンタウンビル新しいシャッター

こんあいだのINKSPOTギャラリーのため、ダウンタウンビルのシャッターは新ペイント！
The Downtown Building shutter got a facelift for the Inkspot1977 Gallery (blogged here last week) Sick!

タトゥーはメーンになっている証拠は以下(もちろん、スペルのミスあり！)：
More proof of Tattoo shark-jumping below – complete with awesome misspellings!

tatsharkjump

tatosharkjump

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/feed/ 0 Hiderow Memorial Prints are here! http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:03:01 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1122 Continue reading →]]> just a box!

今朝、このバカでかい箱が届いた〜！どんな宝物が入っているやろう？
Today, this big ol’ honkin’ box arrived at the shop! What treasures await!?

Damn Matryoshkas!

アナザー箱や！なんでか知らんけどあのロシア人形みたいなやつを思い出す！(本当にWILD ZEROのERICさんよ、丁寧にまとめてくれてありがとう！無事に着いたぁ！)
And inside is… Another box! It’s like those damn russian dolls! (Seriously Eric, thanks for packin’ these well – he even sleeved ‘em for me! Woot!)

Better than the original

色具合はすごい！まさかオリジナルより綺麗？！
Is it possible that the coloring is even better than the original?

Obligatory plug for the Wild Zero folks

WILD ZEROのERICさんは本当に立派な人間です。何回も地球を救ったそうです。私はこのプリントを頼む前に、サンプルを無料で送ってくれました。品質管理ももちろんばっちりでした。ミス１枚もない。用紙の品質もよく、原版と同じぐらい綺麗です！

彫師同士はやっぱり気になるところが一緒で、似ている様な悩みもあるから任してもいいです。ありがとうございました！

Gotta take a sec to plug Wild Zero and thank Eric for his help on these. Not only has this guy saved the world more than once, but the quality of the prints was amazing – far surpassing my expectations. The quality of the paper was high and there was not a single mistake in the entire lot – which I cannot say for so many other companies I have dealt with in the US. I dare to say that the color quality exceeds even the original!

But Eric is also a tattoo artist and so when you leave a job up to someone in your industry, you know that they are going to have a similar mindset toward the work and treat it with care. Thanks again brother!

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/feed/ 0 Down an endless road to the boundlessness of infinity http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/14/anendlessroad/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/14/anendlessroad/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:19:35 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1101 Continue reading →]]> Ashes to ashes, stardust to stardust. It is hard to believe that half a year has passed since my comrade Hiderow completed his journey in our world and rejoined the universe. Even though it has taken those of us who knew and loved him some time to resign ourselves to the idea that we shall not meet him again in this space and time, we are thankful for the legacy that Hiderow left behind – through his life and by extension, his art.

Now the time has come to celebrate that legacy in full force.

mugenkidou001

mugenkidou000

Mugenkidou (loosely translated to “the boundless road”) November 15th, 2009 in Hiroshima City. A plethora of talent from all over Japan will be performing live music, DJing, and of course our lifeblood – tattooing.

A veritable tour de force of artists will be in attendance – if you’re in the Hiroshima area and you’ve been waiting to get a piece from a favorite artist far away this might just be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Don’t take my word for it – check out the lineup for yourself!

日付：１１月１５日（日曜日）
場所：Club China Town
OPEN：１６：２０
START：１７：００
前売り：￥３０００
当日：￥４０００

Special Note! – For those interested, I can still fit in one more piece (or a few small ones) into my schedule at the event -drop me a message from the contact form – cheers!

イベントにてBenタトゥーを入れたい人：メールフォームよりお問い合わせください！

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/14/anendlessroad/feed/ 0 堀江店Wataru x Ben合作デザインORIGINALTシャツ！ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/06/24/%e5%a0%80%e6%b1%9f%e5%ba%97wataru-x-ben%e5%90%88%e4%bd%9c%e3%83%87%e3%82%b6%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3originalt%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a3%e3%83%84%ef%bc%81/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/06/24/%e5%a0%80%e6%b1%9f%e5%ba%97wataru-x-ben%e5%90%88%e4%bd%9c%e3%83%87%e3%82%b6%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3originalt%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a3%e3%83%84%ef%bc%81/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:13:42 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=840 Continue reading →]]> Horie-2009-Shirts

できたぁぁぁぁ〜〜！おまたせぇぇ！大分時間かかったわ、これ。すみません！噂通りのコラボTシャツ。弟子師匠合作！！師匠は蛇、弟子は薔薇と蜘蛛の巣。

堀江店限定。数は少ないから欲しい人はやく見に来てぇ！

Finally, the fabled Horie shirts are done and out! What should have taken days took months… (from now on, no more middlemen – really. I mean it this time. You all heard me say it and google has archived it.) Anyway, our first master/apprentice combo design. Wataru did the snake, and I did the flowers, vines, bugs, etc.

This thing is only at Horie and there’s not many of them – come by and grab it while you can!

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